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Retired English aristocrats invented the Riviera here, and painters and filmmakers followed the light. Behind the promenade sits a working port with sharper edges. Romain Gary's Promise at Dawn remembers his Nice childhood; Anthony Zimmer plots through it. Open Nice on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.

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10 famous stories set in Nice

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Browse 1 book, 22 movies and 1 game set in Nice.

Promise at Dawn

Promise at Dawn

Nexus Factory
movie

From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary one of the most…

Setting: Poland; Nice, France; Paris, FranceTime Period: Early-Mid 20th Century
The Finishers

The Finishers

Nord-Ouest Films
movie

Julien 17 is wheelchair-bound due to cerebral palsy. Despite their love for him his family is gradually falling apart under the strain of dealing with his disability. In a bid to bond with his father Julien challenges…

Setting: Nice, FranceTime Period: 2013
About Nice

About Nice

Pathé-Natan
movie

What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Côte d'Azur especially its wealthy inhabitants.

Setting: Nice, FranceTime Period: 1930s
Anthony Zimmer

Anthony Zimmer

Fidélité Productions-TF1 Films Production-Alter Films
movie

In Paris the international police force and the Russian mafia are chasing Anthony Zimmer an intelligent man responsible for laundry of dirty money in France. Zimmer had extensive plastic surgery and his new face and…

Setting: Paris; Nice, FranceTime Period: 2000s
Double Team

Double Team

Columbia Pictures-Mandalay Entertainment-Film Workshop-One Story Pictures
movie

A CIA agent is interned for failing to kill an international terrorist. Escaping from his island exile he teams up with a flamboyant arms dealer and sets out to find the terrorist and rescue the agent's family. Together…

Setting: Antwerp, Belgium; Nice, France; Rome, ItalyTime Period: 1997
Madonna: Blond Ambition World Tour Live

Madonna: Blond Ambition World Tour Live

WEA/Reprise
movie

Blond Ambition World Tour Live contains the final tour date recorded in Nice France. The release had previously been shown and produced by American network HBO as a television special. In 1992 the LaserDisc release won…

Setting: Nice, France; GlobalTime Period: 1990
Omar Killed Me

Omar Killed Me

Tessalit Production
movie

In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill me) written beside in her own blood. Despite a lack of forensic or…

Setting: Nice, FranceTime Period: 1991
The Specialists

The Specialists

Les Films Christian Fechner-Films A2
movie

While being transferred to another prison two convicts - Stéphane Carella and Paul Brandon - effect a miraculous escape. They are pursued across the Verdon Gorge before arriving at an isolated farmhouse whose owner…

Setting: Verdon Gorge, France; Nice, FranceTime Period: 1980s
Too Shy to Try

Too Shy to Try

movie

Pierre is a hotel cashier in Vichy so shy that he answers an ad from the Psychology Institute and can't say no to the salesman Aldo; he spends 6000 francs on tapes books and a punching bag. Soon after he's smitten by…

Setting: Vichy, France; Nice, France; Deauville, FranceTime Period: 1978
The Italian

The Italian

Canal+-Eskwad-M6 Films-Pathé
movie

Dino Fabrizzi is the number one seller of the Maserati dealership in Nice. At 42 he arrives at a turning point in his life the position of director is openly proposed and his companion for a year Helen has the firm…

Setting: Nice, FranceTime Period: 2010

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